Klimax and antiklimax

All in one day


Klimax:




Antiklimax

Moths. I found holes in two pairs of socks and a woolen shirt. I hysterically gathered all woollen stuff, yarn, blankets, knitted items. Washed what needed to be washed. Put ALL of the yarn in ziplock bags. Put all of the rest in boxes. Placed it outside the house and thanked the weather gods for night time freezing. Ordered three packets of cedar balls and checked whether I still had that packet of lavender. Promised myself never to leave worn and unwashed woollen garments just lying around.


Now there's only four things to do: a. move all the stuff back in the house again b. sew sachets and fill them with lavender c. darn the damned socks and d. hope.

scks

Okay, so these are not perfect. I see them as a way of learning about socks. Ways in which they are not perfect:
-They may grow bigger in use b/c of loose gauge - as the ones I knitted ages ago did.
(I tried to fix this by the all over ribbing (well not the sole, of course)). Next time, I'll probably go down a needle size
- When grafting the first toe, I misread the instructions and turned the sock inside out - hence there is a little ridge of purly stitches at the top. I'm keeping them as a souvenir.


And the neat things:

-They fit. Really.
-They have a very nice sturdy heel. I have not made such a heel before, but it keeps up the shape of the sock.
-The grafting of the second sock at the toe. Hurray for that.




With kind thoughts to the sokkenbreien group at ravelry - thanks for your advice!

Kaffe

I found back my favourite sweater in the back of a closet. I made it sometime in the 90ies. It needs some repairing, but it's still my favourite.


Pattern: adapted from Kaffe Fasset: Glorious Knits. Yarn: Acrylic, wool, cotton, rayon, and blends. I bought skeins on sale, ripped thrifted sweaters etc. It was great fun and left me with a stash, I have still some of the yarns used for this sweater.

second time around 'bleh'

man what is it with this yarn? I frogged the hat, started a new one following the top-down-no-swatch-approach with the plan to make a beret. The top looks good, I think.























But on my head it looks like a shower cap. I think this is because the hat is to sturdy to be so big. Either it should have been more drapey, so it would kind of fall in folds at the back of my head like a real slouchy beret. Or otherwise it should have been sturdy but smaller, like the urchin I made.





Any help appreciated...


The whole idea behind the Lifestyle top down hats, no swatch needed
is totally me. Go and play with the yarn, live dangerously, design-as-you-go, try out a new stitch, knit fearlessly, ...

and end up with a shitty hat. Bugger.